Randomized clinical trial of the effect of adding subfascial endoscopic perforator surgery to standard great saphenous vein stripping

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1075-1080

  Kianifard, B ^a   Holdstock, J ^a   Allen, C ^a   Smith, C ^a   Price, B ^a   Whiteley, M S ^a,b  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Whiteley Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PHLEBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VARICOSIS; VEIN PERFORATION; VEIN SURGERY; VENOUS REFLUX; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANGIOSCOPY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; LIGATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY;

ANGIOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 35448934499     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5945     Document Type: Article

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